# Ohio — State minimum standards for hospital financial assistance (charity care)

For Ohio, statute is Section 5168.14; income level for free care is at or below the federal poverty line; which hospitals must comply is Each hospital that receives funds distributed under sections 5168.01 to 5168.14 of the Revised Code; basis for the income test is federal poverty line; notes is The hospital has an established post-billing procedure for determining the individual's income and canceling the charges if the individual is found to qualify for services under this section, verified against its source on 2026-08-30.

- **State:** Ohio _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute:** Section 5168.14 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Income level for free care:** at or below the federal poverty line _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Which hospitals must comply:** Each hospital that receives funds distributed under sections 5168.01 to 5168.14 of the Revised Code _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Basis for the income test:** federal poverty line _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Notes:** The hospital has an established post-billing procedure for determining the individual's income and canceling the charges if the individual is found to qualify for services under this section. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Each hospital that receives funds distributed under sections 5168.01 to 5168.14 of the Revised Code shall provide, without charge to the individual, basic, medically necessary hospital-level services to individuals who are residents of this state, are not medicaid recipients, and whose income is at or below the federal poverty line.

## Source

- https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-5168.14

Last verified: 2026-08-30. Review by: 2027-02-23.
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